Dictionary of birds in maharashtra. Contains beautiful photograph of every bird alongwith their name in marathi, english, international name (latin), pali, prakrit, hindi, sanskrit, gujarati, telugu, kannad, tamil, konkani. Also given the names which is available in the local languages like gondi, madia gond, koraku, paradhi, kachari, nepali, bangali, bhutani, malyali, lepcha, sikkimi, sinhali etc. Followed by their identity, scope, mating, locations and their habbits etc. It also contains the preface or introduction with 15 chapters like name of the birds, their establish, their singing and language, their nests and mating, migration, indengered birds, usefull, bird and man, birds in pali language, birdwatching etc. Migration maps, national parks and sanctuaries in maharashtra.
helpful book when one is on the tour of bird watching. Such a book is really of help. one can read it for the sake of knowledge as well, but field experience will make your happiness much more than merely reading it in library or at home. Self interest discovery/National geographic kind of thing.